Beijing time on September 5 news, the 2021 women's volleyball European Championship in Belgrade, Serbia, Egnu scored 29 points to be rated as MVP, the Italian women's volleyball team reversed Serbia 3-1, after 12 years to reach the top again, this is their third crown in history, while Serbia missed three consecutive championships, Turkey defeated the Dutch women's volleyball team 3-0 to win the third place.
In the history of the Women's Volleyball European Championship, Serbia has reached the final four times, and in the 2007 European Championship, Serbia and Italy reached the final for the first time, and as a result, Serbia lost to Italy 0-3 and won the runner-up. At the 2011 European Championships, Serbia beat Glenn-led Germany 3-2 to reach the top for the first time.
In the past two European Championships, Serbia has maintained its strength, beating the Netherlands 3-1 in 2017 to reach the top for the second time. At the last European Championship, Serbia narrowly defeated Turkey 3-2 in five sets, successfully defending the title and winning the third crown in history, and only lagging behind the former Soviet Union (13 times) and Russia (6 times) in the European Championship championship list.
In this European Championship, Serbia won all five matches in the group stage, including a 3-2 victory over the Russian women's volleyball team. Defeated Hungary 3-0 in the quarter-finals, France 3-1 in the quarter-finals and Turkey 3-1 in the semi-finals to reach the finals for three consecutive years.
The Italian women's volleyball team also qualified for the final of the European Championship four times, losing to Russia and Poland in 2001 and 2005 respectively, and won the second place. In 2007 and 2009, Italy won consecutive championships against Russia and the Netherlands respectively, and this year they returned to the final after a gap of 12 years.
Serbia and Italy are a pair of life-and-death rivals. At the 2018 World Championships, Serbia defeated Italy to win the world championship for the first time. At this year's World Youth Championships, Italy defeated Serbia 3-0 to win the championship. In the quarterfinals of this year's Tokyo Olympics, Serbia eliminated Italy.
In this campaign, Serbia sent the starting lineup to attack Razovic and Mirenkovic, the secondary attacks Rasic and Mina Popovic, the second pass Odjanovic, the receiver Boskovic, the free man Silvega Popovic; the Italian starter attacked Petrini and Sheila, the secondary attack Ziricella and Danesi, the second pass Oro, received Egnu, and the free man DeGuinaro.
In the first set, both sides had ups and downs, but they clenched the score, and the key score Serbia seized the lead 26-24. In the second set, the two teams were still glued, and the Italian set ended with a threat to win back a city 25-22. In the third set, Serbia started 8-3, and Italy came back 16-14 and won 25-19.
In the fourth set, Serbia completely collapsed, Italy won 25-11, thus reversing Serbia 3-1, after 12 years to win the championship, which was the third crown in their team history, and Serbia missed the third consecutive championship. In this game, Egnu and Sheila scored 29 and 20 points respectively, Egnu was named MVP and Boskovic scored 20 points.
In the bronze medal match, Turkey beat the Netherlands 3-0, with the scores of 25-20, 25-19, 25-23, and Karakurt and Valaddin both scored 13 points.